pickled herring

Potato Salad with Pickled Herring

Beef Goulash

Last week I returned from a fantastic reunion in Slovakia – a place I really see as my second home. I taught English to adults in a town called Roznava 18 years ago (I was one of the youngest in the class at the time), and was exposed to many great traditions – my favourite…

This year, I had the great fortune to spend a week in the beautiful old harbour town of Chania, Crete. I wanted somewhere truly special to celebrate my 40th birthday with my significant other at the end of February, and having put a pin in the map (to find some late winter sun without having…

The very first time I had ever tried Boeuf Bourguignon was at the age of 10 when staying with my great aunt Micheline in the Loire Valley. Every summer, my family would spend a couple of weeks with our relatives in Meung-sur-Loire (country home of Georges Simenon’s fictional detective Jules Maigret – for the literary…

For many, the humble burger can evoke many fond memories and can deservedly be considered a truly lip smacking pleasure. It can also be one hell of a disappointment. At one end of the spectrum – and the popularity for Gourmet burger chains or gastopubs trying to offer something worthy of an often hefty price…

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